diff --git a/cmd/helm/template.go b/cmd/helm/template.go
index 1838bb758..9f0687a7c 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/template.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/template.go
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ func newTemplateCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 		RunE:  t.run,
 	}
 
+	cmd.SetOutput(out)
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	f.BoolVar(&t.showNotes, "notes", false, "show the computed NOTES.txt file as well")
 	f.StringVarP(&t.releaseName, "name", "n", "release-name", "release name")
@@ -241,20 +242,20 @@ func (t *templateCmd) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if whitespaceRegex.MatchString(data) {
 				continue
 			}
-			err = writeToFile(t.outputDir, m.Name, data)
+			err = writeToFile(t.outputDir, m.Name, data, t.out)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			continue
 		}
-		fmt.Printf("---\n# Source: %s\n", m.Name)
-		fmt.Println(data)
+		fmt.Fprintf(t.out, "---\n# Source: %s\n", m.Name)
+		fmt.Fprintln(t.out, data)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 // write the <data> to <output-dir>/<name>
-func writeToFile(outputDir string, name string, data string) error {
+func writeToFile(outputDir string, name string, data string, out io.Writer) error {
 	outfileName := strings.Join([]string{outputDir, name}, string(filepath.Separator))
 
 	err := ensureDirectoryForFile(outfileName)
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ func writeToFile(outputDir string, name string, data string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("wrote %s\n", outfileName)
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "wrote %s\n", outfileName)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/template_test.go b/cmd/helm/template_test.go
index 3c5026b08..1ecc2cf2f 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/template_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/template_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -178,14 +177,9 @@ func TestTemplateCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		tt := tt
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// capture stdout
-			old := os.Stdout
-			r, w, _ := os.Pipe()
-			os.Stdout = w
 			// execute template command
 			out := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
 			cmd := newTemplateCmd(out)
@@ -206,14 +200,8 @@ func TestTemplateCmd(t *testing.T) {
 			} else if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("expected no error, got %v", err)
 			}
-			// restore stdout
-			w.Close()
-			os.Stdout = old
-			var b bytes.Buffer
-			io.Copy(&b, r)
-			r.Close()
 			// scan yaml into map[<path>]yaml
-			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(&b)
+			scanner := bufio.NewScanner(out)
 			next := false
 			lastKey := ""
 			m := map[string]string{}
@@ -239,7 +227,6 @@ func TestTemplateCmd(t *testing.T) {
 			} else {
 				t.Errorf("could not find key %s", tt.expectKey)
 			}
-			buf.Reset()
 		})
 	}
 }